18And his brethren came to him: and worshipping prostrate on the ground they said: We are thy servants.


In Context

15 Now he being dead, his brethren were afraid, and talked one with another : Lest perhaps he should remember the wrong he suffered, and requite us all the evil that we did to him.

16 And they sent a message to him, saying: Thy father commanded us before he died,

17 That we should say thus much to thee from him: I beseech thee to forget the wickedness of thy brethren, and the sin and malice they practiced against thee: we also pray thee, to forgive the servants of the God of thy father this wickedness. And when Joseph heard this, he wept.

18 And his brethren came to him: and worshipping prostrate on the ground they said: We are thy servants.

19 And he answered them: Fear not: can we resist the will of God?

20 You thought evil against me: but God turned it into good, that he might exalt me, as at present you see, and might save many people.

Genesis 50:18 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

50:18And his brethren also went and fell down before his face; and they said, Behold, we [be] thy servants.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

50:18His brothers then came and threw themselves down before him. "We are your slaves," they said.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

50:18And his brethren also went and fell down before his face; and they said, Behold, we are thy servants.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

50:18And his brethren also went and fell down before his face, and said, Behold, we are thy bondmen.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

50:18And his brethren also went and fell down before his face; and they said, Behold, we be thy servants.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

50:18And his brethren also went and fell down before his face: and they said, Behold, we are thy servants.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

50:18His brothers also went and fell down before his face; and they said, |Behold, we are your servants.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

50:18And his brethren also go and fall before him, and say, 'Lo, we are to thee for servants.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

50:18And his brothers also went and fell down before his face; and they said, Behold, we be your servants.